diff --git a/CouchPotato.py b/CouchPotato.py
index e73ed9a..375a1d4 100755
--- a/CouchPotato.py
+++ b/CouchPotato.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     except socket.error as e:
         # log when socket receives SIGINT, but continue.
         # previous code would have skipped over other types of IO errors too.
+        nr, msg = e
         if nr != 4:
             try:
                 l.log.critical(traceback.format_exc())